"All the civilians who live in liberated zones are enemies of the regime. All Syrians are enemies of the regime. Assad is prepared to finish off his people to stay in power."

Hundreds of youths gather outside the Yarmuk School as preparations get under way to bury the victims. They chant: "We will not forget the blood of our martyrs!"

Several men carry a body out of the school, wrapped in a sheet and the Syrian revolutionary flag to shouts of "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), which are drowned out by bursts of gunfire from fighters' Kalashnikovs.

Just after midday, an imam raises the palms of his hands to his face and begins to pray over the bodies, as a hush falls over the kneeling crowd.

Then his prayers are interrupted by more shouts of "Allahu Akbar!"

Rebel Captain Abu Seij, in charge of the improvised morgue at the school, says the toll has gone up after one rebel fighter had on Tuesday said 78 bodies were retrieved from the river and that more were still in the water but out of reach because of regime snipers.

"We managed to get one more body out last night, and today have verified that there are at least two women and a number of children floating in the water," says Abu Seij.

So far, at least 46 of the bodies have been identified and relatives have already taken some away for burial at home, he says.

"If they are not identified, the rest will be taken to the cemetery outside Aleppo and buried in a common grave."

Meanwhile, activist Mohammed al-Madi photographs each body as it lies decomposing on the school floor.

"We will create a database on each of the faces so that families might eventually identify their loved ones and know where they have been buried," he says, explaining that each body will be given a number that corresponds to its grave.

Amid the grim task of burying the dead, rebel commander Sada spits invective at the United Nations and Western powers for having done nothing to end a conflict that has claimed more than 60,000 lives in 22 months.

"The United Nations and the West, from this moment, are responsible for the death of each and every man, woman and child in Syria. There can be no talk about negotiating with someone who massacres his people," he says.

"Assad has shown that he does not want to negotiate because he lives under the umbrella of impunity that the West gives him."

The States of Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey should join the rebellion in their fight for cleaning out Syria from these EXTREMELY dangerous people. They're an international threat, these syrian shabiha brigades and mercenaries can cross the borders anytime and kill us.